Bowling alley



Sept. 15. 1925.

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UNITED STATES HUGO LOEWENBAGH, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

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Application filed April 21, 1924. Serial N0. 707,994.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Huco LonwnNBAoH, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county. of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Bowling Alleys, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to bowling alleys.

Objects of this invention are to provide a bowling alley such as that disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 670,872, filed October 26, 1923, for bowling alleys in which an attachment is provided which permits the game to be played in a novel and highly entertaining manner.

Further objects are to provide chutes for bowling alleys which are so constructed that they may be detachably associated with a bowling alley and may conduct the balls downwardly and forwardly and, thereafter, project them rearwardly at any desired angle.

Further objects are to provide chutes which may be detachably associated with a bowling alley, and which are so related that they may be folded into substantial parallelism, and may be thus arranged in a compact and easily transported condition.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which 2- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bowling alley equipped with chutes such view being partly in section.

Figure 2 is a plan view with parts broken away, of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the bowling alley showing the attachment as it appears when detached and folded.

The bowling alley is of any desired type and may be substantially as disclosed in my copending application noted above. It comprises a runway 1 provided with a plurality of pins 2 adjacent its rear end, which may, if desired, be set by any suitable mechanism. This runway is supported by a rear member 3 and a relatively higher forward member l. It is provided with a socket 5 at its rear end adapted to receive a detachable support 6, such support having a rounded reduced upper end 7, and being provided with a suitably shouldered lower portion adapted to accurately position it relatively to said socket. A relatively long chute 8 is provided with an aperture adjacent its rear end adapted to receive the post 7 of the support, and extends forwardly and downwardly. A second chute 9 is positioned so that it inclines downwardly and rearwardly and projects beneath the forward end ofthe first described chute. The chute 9 is pivoted intermediate itsends to the forward end of the chute 8. The preferred manner of effecting this pivotal connection is by means of a link 10 which pivotally and loosely joins. the'two chutes, thus permitting relative movement between the chutes and allowing the chute 9 to be set at any desired lateral angle with reference to the runway; The chute 9 is provided with a support v11 preferably of wedge shape, as shown, and adapted to rest upon the runway 1. The forward end of the chute 8 is cut away, as indicated at 12, to permit the passage of the balls downwardly and rearwardly along the chute 9 and through such cut away portion.

In using the device, the balls are placed upon the chute 8 adjacent its rear upper end, and roll downwardly onto the chute 9. By the time they arrive at the chute 9 they have acquired considerable momentiun and thus roll upwardly along the chute 9. Thereafter, they roll down along the chute 9 through the cutaway portion 12 and rearwardly along the runway 1, thus the operator is enabled to set the chute 9 at any desired lateral angle to thus aim the balls at the desired pins. Obviously, the game may be played in other ways, for example, the balls may be rolled down the chute 9, although the first described method is the preferred manner of playing the game.

When it is desired to transport the device, the chutes may be readily folded into parallelism and the support 6 removed from the socket 5. Thereafter, the parts may be laid upon the runway 1, as shown in Figure 3, thus providing a very compact arrangement.

It will thus be seen that an attachment for a bowling alley has been provided which permits the playing of the game in a novel and entertaining manner. It will further be seen that the device permits the players to exercise any degree of skill and affords the same chance for correct playing as in the standard form of bowling.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, it is to be understood that the invention may be variously embodied and is, therefore, to be limited only as claimed.

I claim:

1. A bowling alley comprising a runway having a front end and a rear end, a plurality of pins adjacent the rear end of said runway, a chute having an elevated rear end and slanting downwardly towards the front end of said runway, and a second chute slanting downwardly and pointing towards the rear end of said runway and having its intermediate portion in proximity to the lower forward end of said first chute and adapted to receive balls therefrom, whereby a ball rolled down said first chute will be deposited upon said second chute and will first travel up said second chute and thereafter travel down said second adjacent such rear end, a support extending upwardly from said socket, a forwardly and downwardly extending chute having its rear end carried by said support, a second chute joined intermediate its ends to the forward end of said first mentioned chute and inclined downwardly and rearwardly, and a support for said second mentioned chute adapted to rest upon said runway.

3. A bowling alley comprising a runway having a socket at its rear end, a support detachably seated in said socket and extending upwardly, a downwardly and forwardly extending chute having its rear end detachably attached to the upper end of said. support, a second chute projecting beneath the lower end ofsaid first mentioned chute and contacting therewith and inclined downwardly and rearwardly, the forward end of said first mentioned chute being cut away, a support for said second mentioned chute, and a link loosely joining said chutes, whereby said chutes may be folded parallel to each other when removed from said runway.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing I have hereunto set'my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

HUGO LOEVVENBACH. 

